Historic Houses in the Lake District
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Here you will find our list of stately homes and other grand country houses in Cumbria and the Lakes. You might also like to view historic buildings in the Lake District for attractions that have a strong historic importance but are not classified as stately homes.
At first glance Dalemain appears to be a simple Georgian house, but the Georgian facade hides a much older story, for Dalemain is medieval, and has been home to the same family since 1679. The house is constructed like a hollow square, with a courtyard at the centre. The interior rooms are a mix of formal Georgian rococo style and Elizabethan wood panelling.
Dalemain, Penrith, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA11 0HB
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The home of Lord and Lady Cavendish, Holker Hall dates to the early 16th century. The house is set in lovely parkland overlooking Morecambe Bay. The interiors are largely Victorian, with some lovely period furniture as well as some earlier Tudor and Jacobean pieces.
Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England, LA11 7PL
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Hutton-in-the-Forest is a fascinating historic house in north Cumbria, begun in the middle of the 14th century. The oldest part of the house is the pele Tower, built in 1350. In the 750+ years that have passed since then, Hutton has been owned by just two familes, the de Hoton and Fletcher families. The Fletchers contributed a Victorian Gothic tower to match the medieval pele. The interiors are a fascinating mix of Regency and Victorian decooration, with original William Moris wallpaper.
Penrith, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA11 9TH
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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century pele tower
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Isel Hall is a Grade-I listed stately home based around a 14th-century pele tower, standing on a high slope above the River Derwent. The tower was extended in the 15th century with the addition of a hall wing. The house was further enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries and now consists of the three-storey tower with a two-storey hall wing at an angle. To the east, the remains of a medieval moat are still visible.
Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, CA13 0QG
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A ruinous shell of an elegant Jacobean mansion is now being restored to its former glory. The Hall was built in 1661 using stone from a nearby 12th-century castle. Over the centuries Kirklinton Hall has been a mansion, an apartment block, a hotel, a casino, and a gambling den.
Kirklinton, Cumbria, England, CA6 6BB
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Heritage Highlight: Elegant Jacobean facade
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A sumptuous Elizabethan house built on medieval foundations, set in a marvellous showpiece topiary garden. A comfortable home, not just a show-piece, with warm, panelled rooms. If you simply must see Beau Brummel's snuff box, this is the place to come.
Kendal, Cumbria, England, LA8 0PD
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130 acres of superb gardens surround the shell of Lowther Castle, a stately mansion that served as home to the Earls of Lonsdale. The house was designed in 1806 by Robert Smirke and incorporates an earlier building destroyed by fire. The castle lay abandoned for 70 years but is now being restored to its former grandeur.
Lowther, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA10 2HH
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Part family home, part literary museum. The family of Spedding were friends with Tennyson, Wordsworth and Carlyle, among others, and this pleasant but unremarkable Georgian house is full of literary memorabilia.
Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA12 4QE
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On the hillside above Lanercost Priory, close to Hadrian's Wall, lies this Tudor house, the seat of the Howard family, Earls of Carlisle. Evidence of early defences remain, such as the 14th century tower, a testament to the turbulent past of this border region.
Brampton, Cumbria, England, CA8 2HF
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A stately Georgian facade fronts a medieval and Tudor core of this historic house on the edge of the Lake District. The oldest part of Sizergh is a pele tower built in the 14th century. The interior is Elizabethan and earlier, with gorgeously carved linenfold panelling and a 16th century four-poster bed.
Sizergh, Kendal, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA8 8DZ
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